Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has left the UFC to fight Siala “Mighty Mo” Siliga at DREAM 10 on July 20 in Saitama, Japan, Josh Gross of SI.com reported this morning.

Filipovic scored a questionable first-round TKO over Mustapha Al-Turk that was aided by an inadvertant eye poke on Saturday night at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany. That night, UFC president Dana White confirmed to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports that Filipovic walked away from a two-fight extension with the UFC for a three-fight deal with DREAM.

“Isn’t that a dirty (expletive) thing to do?” White told Iole. “He (expletived) me. The first time in the history of the company I do one (a contract) over the phone. He promised me a three-fight deal and he (expletived) me.”

Filipovic was considered one of the top heavyweights in the world after he won Pride’s 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. Filipovic signed with the UFC in 2007 and went an unimpressive 1-2 in the octagon.

Filipovic called his first run in the UFC “the black spot” on his career during a conference call last week. He said he was looking to redeem himself and eventually fight for the UFC’s title. On the same conference call, White confirmed he had signed Filipovic to a one-fight deal to get him on the UFC 99 card, but the plan was to extend the deal.

“I have nothing to hide or to be ashamed of,” Cro Cop told the Croatian website Index.hr on Wednesday. “The thing is very simple. I know the truth and Dana knows the truth — I had a one-fight deal with UFC and I fulfilled my contractual obligation. I said we’re going to sit down and talk after UFC 99.

“The problem is I’m 35 and I’m finally healthy. The UFC is offering me a fight six months from now. I said even before that I want to fight three more times this year. I don’t really care if it’s in the ring or inside the octagon. I don’t see why I can’t fight in Japan for a few fights and then return to the UFC. That is also an option.”

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